Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science, Superboy's projects on Sep 23rd, 2010 11 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago Superboy’s project for Caveman Chemistry was to make mead. Since this is a long-term project, I thought I’d share a little bit of the process so far. Mead is an ancient wine made not from grape juice, but honey. The first step was to make what is called the “wort,” [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug, science on Sep 6th, 2010 7 Comments »
For science, JBug is using a really nifty book : Science Smart: Cool Projects for Exploring The Marvels of the Planet Earth As the title implies, it is chock full of some pretty cool projects, and it is forming the basis of JBug’s science studies this year. The projects range from ultra-simple to more complex, [...]
Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science, Superboy's projects on Aug 26th, 2010 7 Comments »
Aren’t we all? Works in progress, I mean? I could probably title EVERY post “works in progress” and remain accurate!LOL! That being said, this year has started off more smoothly than perhaps any year before and we are really hitting a groove here. I am beginning to feel like all of the plans I stressed [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science on Jun 14th, 2010 18 Comments »
So, now comes the time that strikes fear into the hearts of homeschooling moms everywhere, judging by what I read all over the internets. What is this fearful time you ask? Time to face the dreaded High School Chemistry beast. Apparently it’s enough to make even a brave mom shudder and send her teens skittering [...]
Posted in alaska, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., nature study, science, volunteering on Feb 21st, 2010 9 Comments »
So, as I’ve been saying, the kiddos and I were lucky enough to have the opportunity to volunteer our time at the Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center, which happens to be right here in beautiful Sitka. Though the center treats, rehabilitates, and releases as many birds as possible, some birds are too badly injured to ever [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug, science on Feb 5th, 2010 6 Comments »
Still surrounded by boxes. Still sleeping in sleeping bags piled on the floor. Still moving furniture from over here to over there (and a little more to the left, please). Still asking on an hourly basis “Have you seen my (hairbrush, shoes, pencil, bread knife, this, that, the other thing)?” And yet, amongst the chaos, [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science on Oct 26th, 2009 4 Comments »
It’s bone day at Lapaz, where we’ve pulled all the skeletons out of our closet for some Halloween fun! On the bony menu: First, a lively round of Skeletons in the Closet game, which is loads of fun. Then we’ll take a look at the Life Size Human X-Rays, which, since they are taped up [...]
Posted in Florida Keys, nature study, science on Oct 7th, 2009 1 Comment »
Fabulous day exploring the mangroves! Check out the full story over at Fieldwork!
Posted in food, high school, science, Superboy's projects on Sep 29th, 2009 20 Comments »
And I documented the entire process. Well, most of it anyhow. See, it’s algae week in marine biology and one of his assignments was to make something edible from seaweed ( He has the wackiest teacher ever, you know). So Superboy decided to learn to make sushi. It’s something he’s been wanting to do for [...]
Posted in science on Sep 27th, 2009 5 Comments »
There’s so much to see… over at the Fieldwork blog! Come take a look!
